Brachytx, non-str, gold-198 at Northridge Hospital Medical Center
18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350
$188.89
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$677.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$135.40 with Healthcare Partners vs $1,379.13 with LA Care — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Healthcare Partners | Medicare|All Plans | $135.40 | ↓ -28% |
| Molina | Medicaid|> 21 | $155.71 | ↓ -18% |
| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $155.71 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $169.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|> 21 | $169.25 | ↓ -10% |
| DHR | Medicaid|< 21 | $169.25 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $169.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Healthcare Partners | Commercial|All Plans | $182.79 | ↓ -3% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 | $203.10 | ↑ +8% |
| HCLA | Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 | $203.10 | ↑ +8% |
| Health Net | Commercial|EPPO | $209.87 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $250.49 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $257.26 | ↑ +36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $257.26 | ↑ +36% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $284.34 | ↑ +51% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $311.42 | ↑ +65% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $331.73 | ↑ +76% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Vivity | $406.20 | ↑ +115% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $433.28 | ↑ +129% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|BlueShield Promise | $440.05 | ↑ +133% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $541.60 | ↑ +187% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $541.60 | ↑ +187% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $575.45 | ↑ +205% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $575.45 | ↑ +205% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $582.22 | ↑ +208% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $582.22 | ↑ +208% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $582.22 | ↑ +208% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $588.99 | ↑ +212% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $602.53 | ↑ +219% |
| US Behavioral Health | Commercial|All Plans | $677.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $677.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| Molina | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| HCLA | Medicare|Preferred IPA | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| MHN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| LA Care | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| Central Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| Central Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,103.30 | ↑ +484% |
| LA Care | Commercial|All Plans | $1,379.13 | ↑ +630% |
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Brachytx, non-str, gold-198 at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Redwood City Medical Center | Redwood City | $123.76 | not published |
| Santa Clara Medical Center | SANTA CLARA | $123.76 | not published |
| Sacramento Medical Center | SACRAMENTO | $123.76 | not published |
| Oakland Medical Center | Oakland | $123.76 | not published |
| Walnut Creek Medical Center | WALNUT CREEK | $123.76 | not published |
| St. Mary Medical Center | Long Beach | $933.53 | $434.20 – $2,171.00 |
| REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Reedley | $3,077.24 | $513.57 – $9,269.00 |
| San Leandro Medical Center | SAN LEANDRO | $123.76 | not published |